Mineral: Rutile and Aegirine
Locality: Saparay prospect, Warsak District, Peshawar Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Dimensions: 7 x 4.5 x 12.5 cm / main crystal: 11.6 cm

Description: Mass: 229 g MIM number: 2230 Large, bronze-colored, double terminated single crystal flanked by small adventitious rutile crystals and black aegirine crystals (the largest measuring 3.6 cm). The shape is quite unusual for a rutile and would be reminiscent of a tourmaline, were it not for the tetragonal section of this crystal. Photographer: Federico Picciani Publication: "Rocks & Minerals: Vol. 98, No.6 Nov/Dec 2023"

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